2003.09.15

Japan-Quake Prediction (VOA)   AP has also picked up the earthquake prediction story (we had it on Nippon Goro Goro last Friday) based on the Kushida theory.  Kyodo is now running a brief report on its English-language wire but cannot find it on its Japanese wire. Japanese media seems quite reluctant to report on the Kushida prediction as he is not considered a "real" scientist and the government agencies continue to contend there is no way to accurately predict earthquakes.   2003.09.15

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South Korea Counts Cost After $1-Billion Typhoon (Reuters). Reuters - South Korea said Monday the most powerful typhoon to hit the country caused at least $1 billion in damage and killed at least 89 people when it carved a path of destruction through vital industrial areas. [Yahoo! News - World] 2003.09.15

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China's Military to Guard Korean Border (AP). AP - Guard duties along China's increasingly tense border with North Korea have been transferred from the police to the People's Liberation Army, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday. [Yahoo! News - World] 2003.09.15

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Another U-S Marine Arrested in Okinawa   Another U-S Marine has been arrested in Okinawa.  Japanese police say Lance Cpl. Zachary Taylor, 20, from the Futemma base, had been drinking when he smashed the window of an eyeglass shop in the city of Okinawa.   2003.09.15

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Don Quixote Tilts at Medical Windmills (AFP)   The regulatory system for the medical field in Japan is a joke. This story is a perfect example of the Health & Welfare Ministry solely seeking to protect the status quo. Those bureaucrats want those plush jobs in industry when they retire (a practice known as amakudari). The problems with malpractice that are ignored by the Ministry should be a national scandal. Yet the Ministry chooses to launch an attack on a drug store chain that provides an on-call pharmacist after midnight by videophone so its stores can give out emergency medicine to sick children for free. 2003.09.15

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MSDF-U.S. (Japan Times)   This is the sort of story that would have caused a sensation only five years ago. 2003.09.15

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